Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 5748-100, Gad Ely, Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Ely, Had
B.L. Wt 5748-100 Pkt
Issued Jan. 11, 1790.
CONTENTS

B.P. 72. 62. Sixty Days after date of prom. to pay Miss C. Selden & Bro. For the sum of Six Hundred & Seventy two. 62 / 100 Dollars for Value rec. New York Feb. 18. 1813
5 31 30 66 248 27

Retained and Certificate given that the Property under N o 5748 Jan. 11. 1790
N.C.
Cutting

By His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Gad Ely Private in the 2d Regt. Connecticut Regiment, having faith- ly served the United States Three years and five Months and being enlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 12 th June 1782
Geo. Washington
By His Excellency's Command,
Trumbull Sub Secy
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment.
Thos. Mifflin Adjutant
ELY, GAD (CONT.) BLWT. 5748-100
THE above Gad Ely has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for Three Years faithful Service.
Elizabeth Stanton Colonel

HEAD-QUARTERS, June 12 th 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Yad [unclear] [unclear] [unclear]

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Ely, Gad GRADE Private LINE Sheldon's Dragoons (Connecticut)
WARRANT NUMBER 5748 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Jan. 11, 1790 to not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.